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The UK minimum wage at age 22: a regression discontinuity approach

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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:30 authored by Richard DickensRichard Dickens, Rebecca Riley, David Wilkinson
A regression discontinuity approach is used to analyse the effect of the legislated increase in the UK national minimum wage that occurs at age 22 years on various labour market outcomes. Using data from the Labour Force Survey we find an increase of 3–4 percentage points in the rate of employment of low skilled individuals. Unemployment declines among men and inactivity among women. We find no such effect before the national minimum wage was introduced and no robust impacts at age 21 or 23 years. Our results are robust to a range of specification tests.

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  • Published

Journal

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A

ISSN

1467-985X

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

1

Volume

177

Page range

95-114

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-03-14

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